Notice of Determination

Seabin Installation at Main Street Docks – Vancouver, BC – November 14, 2019  

The Vancouver Fraser Port Authority has determined that the proposed Seabin Installation at Main Street Docks is not likely to cause significant adverse environmental effects.

This determination was based on a consideration of the following factors:

• Impacts on rights of Indigenous peoples
• Indigenous knowledge
• Community knowledge
• Comments received from the public and
• Technically and economically feasible mitigation measures.

Mitigation measures taken into account for this determination are:

• The seabin will be removed during sensitive periods (e.g., spawning of Dungeness crab, pink salmon, and chum salmon) to prevent entrapment of crab larvae and salmon fry in the seabin
• The works will be installed in the dry (e.g., above the water surface) at low tide
• The permit holder will contain and collect debris and waste material in the immediate working area within the Project site, dispose of waste material at suitable upland locations, and maintain records of off-site disposal.

The Vancouver Fraser Port Authority is satisfied that the carrying out of the project is not likely to cause significant adverse environmental effects.

Therefore, the Vancouver Fraser Port Authority may carry out the project, exercise any power, perform any duty or function, or provide financial assistance to enable the project to be carried out in whole or in part.